Survey of the Mississippi River, Chart 172

Lithographer

Julius Bien and Company

Date

• 1897

Publisher

St. Louis, Missouri: Mississippi River Commission

Summary

• Projected from a trigonometrical survey made in 1894
• Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and contours
• Depths shown by soundings
• Army Corps of Engineers assisted with map creation
• Includes a list of "Authorities," "Note," and "Index chart"
• Shows railroads, bridges, river depths, street names, parks, lumber yards, vegetation types, fairgrounds, dikes, United States lights, La Crosse, Wis., North La Crosse, La Crescent, Minn., River Junction (Minn.), McDonald [Bluff], West La Crosse, Calvert Station, Oak Grove Cemetery, Calvert [Bluff], Blue Lake, Broken Arrow Slough, Root River, Minnesota Island, Target Lake, La Crosse River, Barron Island, Silver Creek, Grand Crossing, Grandfather Bluff, La Plume Island, rifle range, County Poor Farm, Root River [Bluff]
• Includes some property owners names
• Scale 1:20,000